Unveiling

      Hello World.  I am a young woman from Detroit, MI.  This blog is the unveiling of my battle with endometriosis.  I was diagnosed through my forth surgery.
   This forth surgery was an exploratory surgery.  Done at a prestigious local hospital.  The doctors there were kind of enough to have me evaluated by the best of their team.  Who'm were all there for the surgery.  In fact, I still see one of the doctors at the practice.  Seeing how it would cause more scar tissue.  But lets back up a bit.

    Here's the beginning of my journey of struggle with endo.  I believe, as well as every doctor that I have seen.  All agree that I've been dealing with this since my first menses.  Which I got at ten years of age.   My family and doctors agreed that it was also normal due to a family history.  Of early menses.

    Moving forward.  I had my first surgery. While transitioning into college.  It was a laparoscopy for a 10cm cyst.  On my left ovary.  I healed quickly.  Later that year, I had another laparoscopy for a cyst on my right ovary.  I went into shock.  And was carried into the emergency room.  I was in shock, could not speak or not walk.   I was sent home.  My concerned parents called the doctor.  My gynecologist said to come back in right away.  She checked the ER report.  I had a cyst 10cm, and the symptoms meant it was twisting.  Causing torsion.  They performed an emergency laparoscopy.  In attempt to drain the hemorrhagic cyst.
 
    I begged them to at least let m go home for thanksgiving.  I was released.  Still not feeling well.  I went back to ER a few weeks later.  Only to discover that there was another cyst growing on my left ovary.  And that the cyst on my right ovary didn't drain.  Since it was torsion.  They didn't want my ovary to die. From gang green.  No blood supply to the ovary.  So they decided to do surgery just before christmas.  The removed part of my right fallopian tube, and full ovary.  I was put on Lupron following these surgeries for three months.

  After a round of Lupron.  I was put on birth control.  To only have more pain.  After three surgeries in one year.  Attempting to transition into college, was difficult.  My parents took me to a specialist.  They decided to perform Davinci robotic surgery.  Which is very similar to a laparoscopy.  Only two more small incisions.  They discovered, I had endometriosis.  They removed and cauterized what they could.  It was stage IV.  All over my bowels, rectum.  Even, my intestines,  stomach, bladder.  I swore I was coughing up scar tissue.  While on Lupron.

    I was then put on Lupron for six months.  Followed by progesterone therapy.  Which I didn't do to well with.  I was then put on Lupron indefinielty. They switched it to monthly. Which, I felt like my body began to get used to the treatments. They insisted hormone ad back therapy.  Due to the severe weight loss.  And concern over my bones.  Which they also checked via bones density test.  I also cut out really bad foods.  Which I will discuss later.

   A year later.  After the doctor's switched up the Lupron dosages.  I had to have a fifth surgery.  I bleed for 56 days.  Doctors ignored it, until I couldn't walk.  They we're hesitant that another surgery would create more scar tissue.  The doctor trusted me, and did one anyway.  Thank God.  They discovered that my bowels we're wrapped up in my left ovary.  My only one left.  He was able to salvage it.

    I was told that in order to have children.  That I would need IVF.  Broke my heart.  It took me a few months to grieve.  For the hopes I had for my life.  I am strong because of it.  I would like to raise awareness about endometriosis.  Through this blog.  To provided a place where women can come to find solace, peace, and understanding.